11/13/2019CLIMATE CHANGE GROWING PAINS ARE REAL BUT NECESSARY:Daily News: by Amy Chester and Tom Wright You only have to glance at the latest daily headlines or refresh your social media feed to…
11/13/2019$1.45 BILLION PLAN TO ELEVATE EAST RIVER PARK ADVANCES, DESPITE SOME LOCAL OPPOSITIONGothamist: The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project—the $1.45 billion plan to protect downtown Manhattan's east side against globa…
11/12/2019PLAN TO BUILD FLOOD BARRIERS ALONG EAST RIVER IN MANHATTAN MOVES FORWARDWCBS 880: A New York City Council subcommittee has approved a plan to build flood barriers along two and half miles of East River Park …
11/08/2019NO COASTAL FLOODING PROTECTIONS IN STORE FOR CITY’S LARGEST FOOD HUBThe City: Seven years after Superstorm Sandy, the de Blasio administration has no plans for coastal flooding defense measures to protec…
11/07/2019SEAPORT SECTION REMAINS BIG QUESTION MARK IN NYC’S FLOOD CONTROL PLANSCity Limits: Stand along the East River waterfront in the Financial District, and it quickly becomes how big a task City Hall has set f…
11/05/2019CITY TO LAUNCH ADVISORY GROUP FOR LES RESILIENCY PLAN FOLLOWING CRITICISMCrains: Mayor Bill de Blasio will create an advisory group to answer concerns about his administration's billion-dollar …
10/29/2019SEVEN YEARS AFTER SANDY, HOW CITIES ARE PREPARING FOR FUTURE STORMSTrust for Public Land: Hurricane Sandy roared over the New York City metro area seven years ago this week. Few who witnessed the storm’…
10/28/2019HOW CITIES ARE REBUILDING TO BE MORE RESILIENT TO NATURAL DISASTERSPBS NewsHour: Fourteen years after Hurricane Katrina, the neighborhood of Gentilly, New Orleans, is still in the process of rebuilding.…
10/27/2019ENGAGING STATEN ISLAND STUDENTS WITH MARITIME CURRICULUMStaten Island Advance: While a new dedicated maritime-themed school is no longer being pursued on Staten Island, several schools in the boro…
10/18/2019HERE’S THE WEATHER REPORT….The Jeresulem Post: Climate change is with us, whether we wish it or not. The entire globe is warming up accompanied by extreme weather…
10/17/2019NYC WILL REMAKE THE EAST RIVER WATERFRONT TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE. IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGHCurbed: All along the coast of New York City, hard decisions are being made about how to address the inevitability of sea level ri…
10/11/2019NEW EAST RIVER PARK SHOULD RISE EVEN HIGHER, EXPERT SAYSPatch: The massive storm protection project proposed for East River Park needs to be even taller than current plans call for, according…
10/11/2019COMPLETED REPORT ANNOUNCED FOLLOWING EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT CONSULTANT REVIEW6sqft: Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Council Member Carlina Rivera announced Thursday the completed report by independent consul…
10/10/2019VOTE SET FOR LATEST PLAN FOR EAST RIVER FLOOD PROTECTIONReal Estate Weekly: Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a plan for the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project that will phase the r…
10/08/2019OYSTER REEFS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK–BY PROTECTING COASTS FROM THE RAVAGES OF CLIMATE CHANGECNBC: They are salty, sumptuous and often served opulently on ice. They are also now on the front lines in the fight to protect coastal…
10/04/2019HOBOKEN BREAKS GROUND ON NORTHWEST RESILIENCY PARKNJ.com: Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, former Mayor Dawn Zimmer and local officials broke ground on the Northwest Resiliency Park, Hoboken’…